incremental
adjective
in·cre·men·tal
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Definition of incremental
: of, relating to, being, or occurring in especially small increments
incremental additions incremental change
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Other Words from incremental
incrementally
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adverb
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Synonyms & Antonyms for incremental
Synonyms
gradational, gradual, phased, piecemeal, step-by-step
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Examples of incremental in a Sentence
the incremental evolution of the collection from a specialized gallery into a comprehensive art museum
the incremental total for my collection of baseball cards
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Trump remains keen to tout incremental progress toward his wall-building commitments, and in recent weeks, top Homeland Security officials have taken to Twitter to promote the advances. — Nick Miroff, Anchorage Daily News, "Trump offers to pardon aides worried about wrongdoing in push for border wall, officials say," 28 Aug. 2019 Often that cost remains untallied because of prevalent, but historically unsubstantiated, assumptions that incremental change is always better. — Ann Mongoven, The Mercury News, "Opinion: After two debates, Democratic candidates still unclear on health care reform," 9 Aug. 2019 Though the United States experiences hundreds of mass shootings each year, few have captured enough public attention to force even incremental change. — Danny Hakim, New York Times, "How Gun Control Groups Are Catching Up to the N.R.A.," 4 Aug. 2019 On Friday, the negotiating parties for the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents met at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills for a roughly forty minute negotiation that appeared to show some incremental progress. — Jonathan Handel, The Hollywood Reporter, "Agencies Up Packaging Fee Revenue Share In Talks With Writers," 7 June 2019 Her Senate platform included support for a balanced budget, the death penalty and incremental health-care reform. — Mark Penn And Andrew Stein, WSJ, "Hillary Will Run Again," 11 Nov. 2018 Cushman & Wakefield estimates that about 30 percent to 40 percent of tenant demand for coworking spaces (including WeWork) is incremental — occupants like freelancers and tiny startups that might not have otherwise rented a traditional office space. — Shirin Ghaffary, Recode, "WeWork is one lease away from being the biggest office tenant in Manhattan," 23 Aug. 2018 State officials have also pledged to reimburse the insurance company for up to $18 million in hotel development costs, including through tax-incremental financing, the agreement says. — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, "Demolition countdown begins for Detroit's Joe Louis Arena," 3 Feb. 2018 The incremental healthcare strategy pushed by the moderates hews more closely to the country’s political tradition. — Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times, "News Analysis: Democrats ask if Americans are ready to give up job-based health coverage," 2 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'incremental.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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